Hi guys . I am currently not using kubuntu but have found that this is the only forum close enough to my subject as i can get in a qucik way. I am currently using debian as i wanted to try it out. After i installed the current netinst mini iso , my mouse is not being detected. what could i do?I have a wheel mouse o[ptical usb and ps/2 compatible. If you could please help me it would be really appreciated. PS: i have tried taking the mouse out and after logging in pluging it back in. i had the same problem with pclinuxos a while back and i am sad to say it is reoccuring.
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First of all, you are going to find a lot of (plain) Debian users at http://forums.debian.net/ ... from my experience, however, the folks over there are clever - but even more rude than me ...
I've tried all variants of Debian 4.0 and settled for the "complete" Xfce image and KDE image, respectively ... the smaller variants are deliberately lacking a lot of modules to be added manually as need be - which seems to be the "newbie trap" you haven fallen in, so to speak.
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thank you for pointing me in ta good direction but with my numlock mouse it would take days for me to register. i would truly appreciate it if you could help me outComment
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I'm not running Debian, but I put "mouse problem debian" in Linux Google and got 232,000 hits. The first page contains several links that I believe might address your problem.Comment
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I managed to figure nothing out so i decided to think of my own resoultion. Since i think the reason it wont work is because the kernel is too old. Also , non of my usb slots seem to work because they are usb 2.0 I think if i update everything to the latest version , it should work . am i wrong? Since debian has no latest version , i am htinking that i can put the kubuntu repo's in debian and simply upgrade . Would that work? if so , could i please know the entire list of kubuntu/ubuntu repo's?Comment
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I thought the latest release of Debian was "etch". Found here.Originally posted by stepan
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/
I don't think that will work. But here's the link to the main site.i am htinking that i can put the kubuntu repo's in debian and simply upgrade . Would that work? if so , could i please know the entire list of kubuntu/ubuntu repo's?
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
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i think you understand m hypothesis a little differently. see , i am sure that the reason my mouse wont work is because the kernel doesnt detect my usb 2.0 usb slots. As my computer is very new. Also , there is a chance that the X server is at a lower version . everything worked in the new ubuntu and i wanted to know the links to the ubuntu repositories , so i could put them in debians /etc/apt/sources.list and upgrade everyhting to the latest version(Kernel 2.6.18 to 2.6.20 , xorg , KDe , gnome and etc...I am using debian unstable branch and even that is behind the current versions of everyhtingComment
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Well, at least we are in agreement on thatOriginally posted by stepan
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so if you still don't quite understand it my way , i basically want a copy of what it says in your /etc/apt/sources.list you dont have to copy everyhting if you feel that it is breaking privacy or anyhting but copy everything that starts with deb or deb-src and after a link , has feisty in the wordsComment
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Sure, no problem.
gramps@mykubuntu:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-357 feisty main
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Well, I don't know if this would help but you could give it a try. As most mouse problems would result from a miss configured /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, you could run your Ubuntu live cd (or any other live distro your mouse works with) and write down how it configures your mouse (or even maybe copy the entire file). Then boot into your debian and by using your keyboard go and correct your debian xorg.conf file.
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I thoguht the same thing and tirelessly worked on xorg but at a like break , i happened to have plugged in my usb key that works on every version of linux i know. And it didnt detect. I think the reason is that since my computer is new and has usb 2.0 , debian somehow can't detct the mouse. I am gonna go out today and buy a cd so i can burn an isoComment
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I have done the upgrade. It doesnt seem to make my mouse work. myabe i should work more on xorg.confComment
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